Factoids

2000-2001: In 34 games with the AHL Louisville Panthers had 15 goals and 11 assists (26 points) with 20 PIM...Scored a hat-trick for the Louisville Panthers against the Syracuse Crunch on November 12, 2000...Played in 2001 AHL All-Star game, scoring 1 goal and adding 4 assists...Set 2 AHL All-Star game records with 5 points and 4 assists...Scored 1st NHL goal for the Florida Panthers on 11/14/2000 against Carolina Hurricanes....Finished the 2000-01 NHL season with 6 goals, 10 assists (16 points) and 16 PIM in 43 games with Florida...Was third in goals scored (21) within the Panthers organization (AHL and NHL) to Pavel Bure (NHL) and Paul Brousseau (AHL).

June 14, 2000: Signed by Florida Panthers.

1999-2000: Finished 4th in OHL scoring, posting 41-65-106 with 55 PIM in 61 games with Barrie...Placed 2nd in team goals, assists and points...Finished 7th in OHL in goals, 2nd in assists and 4th in plus/minus (+46)....Placed 4th on Colts in PP goals (11)...Named OHL Player of the Month for January, totaling 12-16-28 in 12 games...Posted 5-point games Jan.9 vs Oshawa and Jan.22 vs London...Played in 2000 OHL All-Star Game and scored a goal for team East...Limited to 9 playoff games due to injury, scoring 3-1-4 as he helped lead Barrie to the OHL Championship and a berth in Memorial Cup tournament...Colts were Memorial Cup runners-up, falling to Rimouski, 6-2...Scored a goal and added 2 assists in 6-3 win over Halifax, sending Barrie into Memorial Cup final...Went 2-2-4 in 5 Memorial Cup games, finishing tied for 2nd in team scoring... represented Russia in 2000 World Jr. Championships where Team Russia won the Silver Medal..

June 28, 1999: Drafted 1st round (12 overall) by Florida Panthers

1998-1999: Barrie Colts' (OHL) 1st round selection, 10th overall in the 1998 CHL Import Draft. Finished 3rd in scoring for Barrie with 35-59-94 in 61 games. He was 2nd among OHL rookie scorers...Won a gold medal at the 1999 World Jr. Championships with Russia... Scored twice in the 1999 OHL All-Star game and an assist in the 1999 Top Prospects Game....Was runner-up as top playmaker in the Eastern Conference in a poll of OHL coaches.

1997-1998: Scored 21 goals and added 14 assists and 8 PIM in 47 games for Torpedo Yaroslavl (Russia)...Won a silver medal at the 1998 World Jr. Championships with Russia.

1996-1997: In 17 games with Torpedo Yaroslavl had 3 goals, 2 assists, and 6 PIM.